Eric Vigoda

Affiliations:
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA (former)


According to our database1, Eric Vigoda authored at least 74 papers between 1996 and 2023.

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  • Dijkstra number2 of three.
  • Erdős number3 of two.

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2023
Rapid Mixing of Glauber Dynamics up to Uniqueness via Contraction.
SIAM J. Comput., February, 2023

Spectral Independence Lecture Notes.
CoRR, 2023

Improved Distributed Algorithms for Random Colorings.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems, 2023

Counting and Sampling Labeled Chordal Graphs in Polynomial Time.
Proceedings of the 31st Annual European Symposium on Algorithms, 2023

Complexity of High-Dimensional Identity Testing with Coordinate Conditional Sampling.
Proceedings of the Thirty Sixth Annual Conference on Learning Theory, 2023

Optimal Mixing via Tensorization for Random Independent Sets on Arbitrary Trees.
Proceedings of the Approximation, 2023

2022
Identity Testing for High-Dimensional Distributions via Entropy Tensorization.
CoRR, 2022

Sampling Colorings and Independent Sets of Random Regular Bipartite Graphs in the Non-Uniqueness Region.
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2022

On Mixing of Markov Chains: Coupling, Spectral Independence, and Entropy Factorization.
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2022

Approximating Observables Is as Hard as Counting.
Proceedings of the 49th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming, 2022

Metastability of the Potts Ferromagnet on Random Regular Graphs.
Proceedings of the 49th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming, 2022

2021
Fast algorithms at low temperatures via Markov chains.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2021

Hardness of Identity Testing for Restricted Boltzmann Machines and Potts models.
J. Mach. Learn. Res., 2021

Optimal mixing of Glauber dynamics: entropy factorization via high-dimensional expansion.
Proceedings of the STOC '21: 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2021

Entropy decay in the Swendsen-Wang dynamics on ℤ<sup><i>d</i></sup>.
Proceedings of the STOC '21: 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2021

Rapid Mixing for Colorings via Spectral Independence.
Proceedings of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2021

Spectral Independence via Stability and Applications to Holant-Type Problems.
Proceedings of the 62nd IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2021

The Swendsen-Wang Dynamics on Trees.
Proceedings of the Approximation, 2021

2020
Random Walks on Small World Networks.
ACM Trans. Algorithms, 2020

Structure Learning of H-Colorings.
ACM Trans. Algorithms, 2020

Sampling in Uniqueness from the Potts and Random-Cluster Models on Random Regular Graphs.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 2020

Swendsen-Wang dynamics for general graphs in the tree uniqueness region.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2020

Lower Bounds for Testing Graphical Models: Colorings and Antiferromagnetic Ising Models.
J. Mach. Learn. Res., 2020

The complexity of approximating averages on bounded-degree graphs.
Proceedings of the 61st IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2020

2019
Convergence of MCMC and Loopy BP in the Tree Uniqueness Region for the Hard-Core Model.
SIAM J. Comput., 2019

Swendsen-Wang algorithm on the mean-field Potts model.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2019

Spatial mixing and nonlocal Markov chains.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2019

Improved Strong Spatial Mixing for Colorings on Trees.
Proceedings of the Approximation, 2019

Random-Cluster Dynamics in Z<sup>2</sup>: Rapid Mixing with General Boundary Conditions.
Proceedings of the Approximation, 2019

2018
Sampling Random Colorings of Sparse Random Graphs.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2018

Spatial Mixing and Non-local Markov chains.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2018

On Counting Perfect Matchings in General Graphs.
Proceedings of the LATIN 2018: Theoretical Informatics, 2018

2017
Rapid Mixing Swendsen-Wang Sampler for Stochastic Partitioned Attractive Models.
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2017

2016
Ferromagnetic Potts Model: Refined #BIS-hardness and Related Results.
SIAM J. Comput., 2016

#BIS-hardness for 2-spin systems on bipartite bounded degree graphs in the tree non-uniqueness region.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2016

Inapproximability of the Partition Function for the Antiferromagnetic Ising and Hard-Core Models.
Comb. Probab. Comput., 2016

2015
Improved Bounds on the Phase Transition for the Hard-Core Model in 2 Dimensions.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 2015

Randomly coloring planar graphs with fewer colors than the maximum degree.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2015

Inapproximability for Antiferromagnetic Spin Systems in the Tree Nonuniqueness Region.
J. ACM, 2015

2014
Phase Transition for Glauber Dynamics for Independent Sets on Regular Trees.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 2014

Improved inapproximability results for counting independent sets in the hard-core model.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2014

Inapproximability for antiferromagnetic spin systems in the tree non-uniqueness region.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2014

2013
BIS-Hardness for Ferromagnetic Potts in the Ordered Phase and Related Results.
CoRR, 2013

2012
A Deterministic Polynomial-Time Approximation Scheme for Counting Knapsack Solutions.
SIAM J. Comput., 2012

Negative Examples for Sequential Importance Sampling of Binary Contingency Tables.
Algorithmica, 2012

2011
Fast Convergence of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithms for Phylogenetic Reconstruction with Homogeneous Data on Closely Related Species.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 2011

Reconstruction for Colorings on Trees.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 2011

Improved Mixing Condition on the Grid for Counting and Sampling Independent Sets.
Proceedings of the IEEE 52nd Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2011

An FPTAS for #Knapsack and Related Counting Problems.
Proceedings of the IEEE 52nd Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2011

2010
Fast Convergence of MCMC Algorithms for Phylogenetic Reconstruction with Homogeneous Data on Closely Related Species
CoRR, 2010

Phase Transition for the Mixing Time of the Glauber Dynamics for Coloring Regular Trees.
Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2010

2009
Adaptive simulated annealing: A near-optimal connection between sampling and counting.
J. ACM, 2009

2008
Accelerating Simulated Annealing for the Permanent and Combinatorial Counting Problems.
SIAM J. Comput., 2008

Mutations of Different Molecular Origins Exhibit Contrasting Patterns of Regional Substitution Rate Variation.
PLoS Comput. Biol., 2008

Random Bichromatic Matchings.
Algorithmica, 2008

2007
Variable length path coupling.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2007

Sampling binary contingency tables with a greedy start.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2007

Phylogeny of Mixture Models: Robustness of Maximum Likelihood and Non-Identifiable Distributions.
J. Comput. Biol., 2007

2006
Randomly coloring sparse random graphs with fewer colors than the maximum degree.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2006

2005
Torpid mixing of the Wang-Swendsen-Kotecký algorithm for sampling colorings.
J. Discrete Algorithms, 2005

Coupling with the stationary distribution and improved sampling for colorings and independent sets.
Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 2005

2004
Mixing in time and space for lattice spin systems: A combinatorial view.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 2004

A polynomial-time approximation algorithm for the permanent of a matrix with nonnegative entries.
J. ACM, 2004

Randomly coloring constant degree graphs
Electron. Colloquium Comput. Complex., 2004

2003
A Non-Markovian Coupling for Randomly Sampling Colorings.
Proceedings of the 44th Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2003), 2003

2001
A Note on the Glauber Dynamics for Sampling Independent Sets.
Electron. J. Comb., 2001

A polynomial-time approximation algorithm for the permanent of a matrix with non-negative entries.
Proceedings of the Proceedings on 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2001

Rapidly Mixing Markov Chains for Dismantleable Constraint Graphs.
Proceedings of the Graphs, 2001

2000
A polynomial-time approximation algorithm for the permanent of a matrix with non-negative entries
Electron. Colloquium Comput. Complex., 2000

1999
Fast convergence of the Glauber dynamics for sampling independent sets.
Random Struct. Algorithms, 1999

Improved Bounds for Sampling Colorings.
Proceedings of the 40th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 1999

Torpid Mixing of Some Monte Carlo Markov Chain Algorithms in Statistical Physics.
Proceedings of the 40th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 1999

1997
Approximately Counting Up To Four (Extended Abstract).
Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing, 1997

1996
General upper bounds for covering numbers.
Ars Comb., 1996


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